Via Adam Baskin: Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant weighs 167 1/4 lbs, and his opponent Anthony Dirrell is at 167 3/4 pounds for their main support match this Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York .
Plant (21-1, 12 KOs) seemed agitated, with his voice cracking after he and former two-time WBC super middleweight champion Dirrell (34-2-2, 25 KOs) had a word. said in their confrontation.
Dirrell pointed out in his interview that he heard it Plant was injured in the training camp by one of his associates. He said that the person who injured Plant was a 160-pound man and that he hit a lot harder.
It’s not cool that Plant has a mole in his camp, sharing information about him being injured by a quarrelsome partner.
If true, what Dirrell said about Plant being injured in training camp by a middleweight could be a sign of the lingering effects from his knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez last November. . Plant was defeated in round 11 by Canelo.
Plant has a long beard today, and the interesting thing is that he will be allowed to fight that beard without the New York State Commission requiring him to trim it. It is thought that there is a lot of padding with the beard that can cushion the shots.
“He was injured in the camp, I heard, by a 160-pound man,” Dirrell said after deliberation, talking about Plant. “You’re hurt, boy. I hit harder than that. He has seen it. We grow it, he knows what it is,” says Dirrell of his shirt, which has flowers on it.
“He knew. The conversation is over; it’s time to get to work,” said Dirrell.
“I don’t care about gossip,” Plant said after deliberation. “The whole lead, he was really emotional. He’s weak emotionally, he’s weak mentally, and we’re not here to rely on emotions. We are here for business. I don’t care about that.
“Nothing he does, nothing he says can get me out of my zone, but it will feel good when I raise my hand tomorrow. Raise my hand in fashionn,” Plant said when asked about its predictions for Saturday.
“I know everyone wants to know the game plan and what I get with him, but we have to see on the 15th because I don’t want to bring that up right now, but I see a lot. I mean, not much, but I just have to pick my pictures well,” Anthony Dirrell told Secondsout about the war against Calen Plant.
“I’ve kept my form off the court, so I don’t need to get ready. I got into camp in good shape and came out in even better shape. I am ready for this fight and ready to prove everyone wrong and put my name in the history books,” continued Dirrell.
“Jealous of what? I don’t even know that man. Where do I have to like someone in the rule book? There’s no place in the rule book where I have to like him. I could hate anyone. whoever I choose to hate I can.
“For you to act the way you do outside of the ring, it’s nothing personal. I feel like I’ve done all the things I’ve achieved. I came back from cancer, a motorcycle accident and won two championships. Many people cannot say they did it. Someone I know, and it’s Daniel Jacobs, said they came back from cancer to win the championship,” said Dirrell.
